France to base Ground Master 400 radars over Monte Carlo: ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has been selected by the F...

GROUND Master 400 is part of ThalesRaytheonSystems’s fully digital 3D air defense radar family. Photo: Thales ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has been selected by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) to supply the French Air Force with a Ground Master 406 radar base and provide on-site support at Nice Mont-Agel airbase. The contract, awarded on September 7, 2012, calls for the supply and installation of a Ground Master 406 (GM 406), associated civil engineering, through-life support for three years with guaranteed operational availability of 98%, and information system security for the radar base. This new-generation radar, the cornerstone of France’s airspace surveillance capability, will be integrated with the air defense network of the SCCOA air command and control system to provide airspace monitoring, which is a high-priority mission under the country’s Permanent S...